Housing
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Vancouver’s urban agriculture movement
SETTING THE STAGE FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE IN VANCOUVER: GLOBALIZATION & NEOLIBERALISM While globalization has come to be a highly-circulated term...
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Book Review – Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness: Architectural Multiculturalism in North America
u http://spacing.ca/vancouver/2018/01/02/book-reviews-courtyard-housing-for-health-and-happiness-architectural-multiculturalism-in-north-america/ Author...
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Video Vancouver: How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)
Via TED Loneliness doesn’t always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the...
By Yuri Artibise -
Release: Vancouver Is the Most Unaffordable North American Housing Market
Real estate platform Point2 Homes determined the housing affordability levels of the 50 most populous cities in North America, by looking at the home...
By Spacing -
Video: Acting on Vancouver’s Housing Crisis
Via Staggering Media Last year the City of Vancouver held a housing conference where experts shared their thoughts and observations. Things like: David...
By Yuri Artibise -
Release: CoV Housing Vancouver strategy to shift the future of our city
To change the future of housing in Vancouver and keep young workers and families in the city, Vancouver City Council has approved its new Housing...
By Spacing -
Vancouver’s Built Legacy: Transitioning a DTES Jail to Affordable Living
Steps from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside police headquarters, stands a former jail that once haunted the community even beyond its days. But 250 Powell...
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Video Vancouver: False Creek South
Via City of Vancouver: False Creek South is one of Vancouver’s pioneering waterfront communities. It’s a highly livable and walkable neighbourhood with a...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: One Shared House 2030
Via Dezeen: This video shows the online platform that IKEA’s external innovation lab Space10 has for researching and developing concepts for future...
By Yuri Artibise -
Release: CoV Housing Strategy to Transform Low-Density Neighbourhoods
In response to Vancouver’s changing population, rising housing costs, and the increased need for diverse types of housing, the City of Vancouver will...
By Spacing -
Video Vancouver: Cruel Musical Chairs (or Why Is Rent So High?)
Via Sightline Institute: How does a growing, prospering city stay affordable for all kinds of people? At the most basic level, when there aren’t enough...
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Video Vancouver: Thermal Imaging Pilot Program
Via City of Vancouver: Early in 2017, we launched a Thermal Imaging Pilot Program to help homeowners identify energy loss in single family homes and to...
By Yuri Artibise